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The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Acrobat Reader: Silent and Unattended Installation

Adobe Acrobat Reader is an essential tool for viewing, printing, and annotating PDF documents. Whether you’re a casual user or an IT administrator managing multiple installations, deploying Adobe Acrobat Reader silently and unattended can save time and streamline the process. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore how to achieve just that. Why Silent and Unattended Installation Matters Silent and unattended …

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4 Quick and Easy Ways to Merge PDFs without Adobe Acrobat

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Merging the PDF files is quite a simple task even if you don’t have Adobe Acrobat. There are multiple ways that you can apply to combine PDF documents. Many free online tools and mobile applications can help you combine PDF documents quickly without any extra effort. Furthermore, you can also do this job manually on your computer or use any …

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MSI Installer Download Links

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Having spent many years working with SCCM and looking for MSI installers to use for software deployment, I eventually wrote the MSI Downloader tool to help out others with getting hold of MSI installers. However, keeping the MSI versions up to date is a bit of a nightmare, and a lot of people, I know, are just looking for a …

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MSI Downloader Tool

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We are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new tool, MSI Downloader. Introduction MSI Downloader has been created for IT professionals who want a quick and easy method of downloading the latest MSI installers for various software. MSI installers are much easier to use for deployment using systems like Group Policy, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and Microsoft System …

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Microsoft Update KB5005565 Breaks Printing and File Opening

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We ran into a few strange issues today where we had applications like Word, Excel and Adobe Reader that would not open any of their associated files. We also had reports that network printing was not working correctly either. After much trial and error, we finally discovered that the reason for this was a Microsoft Update released under KB5005565. After …

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7 Best Affordable Alternatives to Adobe

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Adobe is known across the globe and offers loads of incredible tools for digital file editing, but if you’re just starting out you may not have the funds to pay their pretty high subscription costs every month. There are hundreds of alternatives available on the internet that can offer you similar functionalities as Adobe, and depending on personal preferences, you …

Adobe Reader DC MSI and Font Pack

You can use this Adobe Reader DC MSI installer to deploy using systems like Configuration Manager, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Group Policy and Windows Deployment Services. Instructions Full instructions on how to use the MSI installers for mass distribution are also available here. Video Demo How to set up Windows Easy Transfer with our video demo here: Download To download, simply scroll …

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Google Chrome Flash Player Warning

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You may have noticed that Google Chrome stopped enabling Adobe Flash Player by default from version 76 and onwards. This is annoying when you require it for certain flash websites that use flash (some video content sites for example) but you can easily re-enable it. Google December 2020 Deadline However, you may have noticed when opening Google Chrome that Flash …

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SCUP – Adobe Flash Player Updated Catalog

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If you have been using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) to push out Adobe updates to your end users, then you may have recently noticed that the Flash Player catalog has stopped working. Well this is due to Adobe having moved where the cab file is for the catalog, but you can easily update the link to the correct one …

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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Font Pack MSI Download

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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Font Pack enables you to display and interact with documents authored in languages other than those supported in your native Adobe Reader. It is needed to correctly display a document when an author does not embed the appropriate font into the document. It is also needed when the author does embed the font, but the reader …

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Adobe Updates via Windows Updates

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As you may have seen on some of my previous posts, you can update Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader X via Windows Updates using SCUP through WSUS/SCCM. This stops the annoying pop-ups for users especially when they can’t install updates if they have not got local admin rights – just like standard Windows Updates, this process will take care of …

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Adobe Reader XI Group Policy ADM Files

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Group Policy support is now also available for Adobe Reader XI which is great news for administrators as we can now control what had previously been a bit of a pain to control in corporate environments. Most of the settings are fairly obvious so I’m not going to go through them, but below is the link to download the ADM …